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.G. H. DENI SON.

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MACHINE FOR APPLYING CLOTH PATCHES T0 PAPER GOLLARS.

Patented June 30; 1868.

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% I & W0 1 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 V 0. H. DENISON. MACHINE FOR APPLYING GLOTHPATCHES T0 PAPER GOLLARS. No.- 79,460.

Patented June 30, 1868.

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. G. H. DBNISON.

MACHINE FOB APPLYING CLOTH PATCHES T0 PAPER GQ'LLARS.

No. 79,460. Y Patented June 30, 1868.

I Quits giant get-tent e e. H DENISION, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS;AssIeNo To: HIMI- SELF; e. w. RAY, ANDV. N, TAYLOR, :OF THEHSAME PLACE.

Lettei's Patent No. 79,460, dated Juhe 30,1868.

IMBROVEMENT IN MAOHINIBS ronIAPP iIINe-oLoTn PATCHES oPAP n oo'LLAns.

the $Elgth1l'lt mine in in flgese Eglnttrs Went submitting :nntt atitexs'n'mje. TO ALL WHOM IT M AYfCQN CERNi l v Be it known that L0. H.DENIs0N,' of Springfield; in the county of :I-IIan pden, and State ofMassachusetts, heveiinventeci afne'nnnd useful Maehine for ApplyingClothlatehesto Pepe: Collars; u-nri'I dohereby-declare that the-following is a'fnll, clear, and exeet deseription thereof, yefierenc'e being hadto the accompanying draw; I ings, inaking part of this specification,and to 'the-lotter's of refereneeinarhed thereon, in xyhich- I Figm eIl,plate 1, is a; perspeetiveviexy of my invention.

Figu re 1, plate 2, isnn en d eleya-tion of said machine, withthe'water-pipe and valves removed; Fi'gure 2 is a yieW' of-thepunch-banwith the punches in pla-ee.

Eigiiteii.is'alhoiizontnlti a,nsverse seetion of n fiortion of thenia'ehin'e through line H I of 5.11. 'Figin-e is af'v'ertical sectionth'roughiine J K offig. 2. I I

Fignr e 5 is frontIel'evation' of one end of the punch-bar. Fignie 658ii fnd'ntl elevationpf the water pipe and one of the sponge-tubes.

.Ifi'gfiie 7 is a nieiv of the'eliitch levei I Figni'e8 is nn'endvieiyof the punch.

Eigixre 1,' -p la. te 3,fisginothervendelevaition of a portion of th'e,maehi-ne,showing its difierent rollers. Figure'Q-is a partial sideelevntionof thepin'ion end elntoh-wheel for driving the machine.Figure'fi-is-zivsikie elevation; showing the'ratehet-wheel for drivingthe pnto'hrstrip rollers with the gear of the collai-rollcns- Figure-'1'is n siiie-lev'etion,- showing the retehet-wheelend. pawl for'cm-rying'the pate'h sti-ip rollers, I

Fignre fi is a vertica l section through line P Qof fig; 1, showing thecollar-rollers and device for carrying I the feediifg ehniii. I I

Figutefiise side elevation of the toothed segment and wheel for drivingthe collar-rollers and feedingphain, nith the plate of the toot-herlwheel remoi' dQ II H I I I I I 3 Figure 'T'is mfront elevation of thewater-oiitlet nnrllsponge-tuher Figures is a. vertical sectionthrbughline R T oi' fig; 7."

Figure 9 is a-ver:icnl section of the'tootlieclitheel andits plete-through-lirre U V of fig. 6, toge'theif with a im'y'of the inner face of suicl'plnte, with thespi ing and. (log ettnelieti thereto; and I Figui'e10is n sinleview. of the toetheii feeding-wheel; \\'ith fihe-pla.teremoired.

.The'nutni'e of'myinvention consists in the'cons t'i netion'of n,machine for attaching eloth'pntehes to' paper;

eollars at the p-laees whc'ie the bn t-ton holesare t 'o befiuhheihalndalso in a. new method 'of preparing the said I-I'Patchs t'ohe'soapplieil byisaicl ina'chine'.

. The work of a'pplyingpatchcs to pa eolla 's has: been done by hnnii,one. with. moist 0r.wet pnstcinnti l .rom-tl e nntureof the work, andthe number of hands neeess'arii'y nlployeitodo it the mnnuiIa'cture-of,what

is'kno wii-as clothed button-hole paper collei's'is'liendered somewhai'texpensive. v

My invention renders the process of patching pnpe collars ejroundtliebutton-holes eoniparutively cheap, 'Innd n'iu ch more-tepid than whendone bjiliand'in' thepidinary way, he one maehinewill d o the'jvork of'fnom fif teen to twenty persons per dayI doing the woizk by hand. l I rfl hnt others skilled inthe a'rt may be nble 'to make-end use mylnyention. .Lwill proceed to describe its construct-ion and nocle ofoperation; II v I I I I take the cloth. commonly used, and'prepeie it intheivhole pie'ce by app l yinga heating ofpnste or some I otheradhesivesubstan eeto thewhole of one side, end then drying it. I thencut the'prepered elotli into longstrips of suitable width to be madeinto patches as it passes through the naehine; as hereinafterdescribed.I

In the drnwings- G represents the side portions ofthe frame of thetahle,'hav i ng thelegs, G"'-G, the twoside portions of the .frame beingconnected by the piece 2;, whiehjl'denomi nnte a platen, a'nd'th'e spn'ebounded on three sides-by the hide-pieces GG and the platen m is lilleliup with wood, G, t vo grooves of slots lisi'ng made longitudinallytherein.

Sai1l groovcsor channels cxtending'through the platen :o, and along insaid grooves or'channels, move the feeding-chains N N, as they areoperated by other portions of the machine, as hereinafter.described. I

The top of these side-piece's'G G and platen 21: together w-ith thcwooden portion G, is made' somewhat suiooth, and upon the same pla'ne.,The lower-portion ofithis'framc is still further strengthened by means Iof the tie-rods G G. To the top ofth'is table, and over'thc platen w,are firmlysccured the uprights B B t he u-ppcr pan-toot which terminatein the'posts A, and th'ey'aro strengthened in their positionshy meansoffthe cross-bar A v I 4 The shaft D, having a, common eccentric orcrank-connection, D, is fitted into pro'pcrbcarings A A inthe uprightsA, and to one end of said shaft D is secured the wheel or disk a, havingthe projection or pin 2' upon its outer face, and to the other end ,ofsaid shaft is fitted the clutchgcollar c, which is secured to saidshaft'D by inean-so'f aspline and key, or by any other proper means, andsaid clutch-collar a has an annular groove,'-b

thereon, into which are placed the forks b of the clutch-lever b, whichis pivoted at b to the piece E said piece E being bolted or secured tothe upright, A. l V a The clutch-collar c is so secured to the shaft Dhyits key and splinoithat it is free to move longitudinally upon theneck or small portion 6 of the shaft 1), and'still, when the shaft, Drevolves, it shall carry with it'the clutch-collar c. The hub, b,of thetoothed wheel A, has a ratchet, 0, upon its inner end, which engageswith the ratchet 0 upon the outer end of the clutch-collar c", and thesaid toothed wheel A turns freely upon the shaft D in either direction.i v

The shaft A. turns in proper bearings, which aremade upon the oppositeor, back side of the uprights A A,

. and uponone end of said shaft A is secured the pinion A, and tothc'other end of said shaft A is secured the lars n at", between thetooth or projections 12'' at, each set of. said teeth projecting intothe chain between two drive-pulley a. The arm, a, is secured at itslower end to the rock-shaft a, having its bearings a a secured to thestandard B, the upper part of said arm a? having a longitudinal slotrnado thercin, inwhich operates the pin 2'; and to the outer end of saidrock-shaftja. is'sccured the lover a, which is attached or pivoted tothe upper end of the connecting-rodd, the lower end of said rod beingconnected to tho projcction or pin upon' the reciprocating toothedsegment 7:, this segment being hung upon a pivot, is", upon the side ofthe frame G.- To the lever a, and at a little distance from-one end, ispivoted the rod a u'hich rodis also pivoted to the vibratinglever a",said lover-bein loosely pivoted to the outer end of the shaft h. Theshaft dturns in'proper bearings s in the frame Gfand to this shaft, andnear .one end, is attached the toothed wheel 7: and the rollers orcy-linders 0 whose diameters are greater in one direction than theother, (although this feature I find is not essential,) are firmlysecured to the 'saidshaft e The toothed collarsj n. 'n are also attachedtothe shaft e over which collars pass thecndless feeding-chains NN, andto the shaft 0 is also secured the toothed wheel 8 which engages withthe toothed wlicol c ,'\'vh ich.is secured to the shaft 0 working inhearings, said bearings being secured to the frame G in any suitableiioanncr. The rollers c" are 'firmly secured to the shaft immediatelyabove the rolls c and-are'of such diameter that the peripheries of therolls a and clshall nearly or quite touch. 1'0 the lover or arm a ispivoted t he .paivl 13", said' pawl having a pin therein or projectionthereon, near the lower end, against the underside of-which pin or,projection thospring i impinges, as sh wn'inore fully in fig; 4, plate3, the elastic force of the spring-W3 keeping vthe upper and sharper endof the pawl z' alivays'in contact with the periphery of theratchet-wheel e". The two shafts 5" and it work in proper hearings inthe standards 'jh and it, said shafts havingflthe rolls 7& and 7;attached thereto, the former abovo the latter, and the hearings in thesaid standnnds h and it are elongated vorti'cally,'and thc'serews 71*are turned into the tops of said standards, v the lower ends. of saidscrows bearing down upon the shaft 2"", the rolls I -and it being thusforced into close v contact, so that, whenv tho shafrgh is rotntod, therelish shall cause the rollsh with the. shaft 2'", torotate by thefriction of the rolls 7L9 against the rolls hf.

The toothed wheel 1: has a circular cavity, [-3 inado upon the outerside, of suliioicnt depth to receive the dog and. spring k, both ofwhich are secured to the inner face of the pinion-plate kAsinall'annulet, 1:, is made around the outer-edge of" this entity, saidannulct being cut away, however, in two places, at Zr" It, and is so.cut that there are two square ends, 0' 11, one directly opposite theother, across the cavity it; while the other and opposite ends of eachportion of the. annulct are made curved or bevelled.

This feature is shown more fully in figs. 9 and 10, plate 3, and, bythis construction, said annulet la i divided into two portions, eachportion having one square end, 22*, and one curvcd-cnd, o. The plate Inis not secured to the fuce'of the toothed wheel [12 but' said wheel isfirst placed upon the shaft'c tnifning'froely thereon, and the plate Itis then placed upon said shaft, outsidc of and close to the said wheel,and said plate is then secured to the shaft a, either by means of aspline and koy, or by any other suitable means.

The toothed collars nn are secured to the shaft c said collars havingprojections or-tocth, it -0t, thereon 1 made in sets of two in each set,with a small space between them, these sets being at suitable distancesapart around the peripheries of the said collars. The endlessfeeding-chains N N are made of small, .thin pieces of metal rivetedtogether, one end of a singlepiece being loosehy riveted orpivotedbetween the ends of two others, two pieces which form one link,alternating with a single piece which forrns the next link.

This kind of chain I do not claim as new, separately considered, as thptdevice is old. To the uppcror outer edges of the chains are secured, atproper intervals, the pins 8 s, and the chains N N pass over thesecoladjacent double links, and upon each side of every single link, thesesets of teeth or projections serving to keep the chains in position uponthe collars, and also togive-thc chains their longitudinal movementalong the table. The pulleys n n upon the shaft n, said pulleys having aflangc upon each end, serve to assist in keeping the chain inits properplace, and renderits movement easier; and the pulleys n" n, underneaththota'ble, also v serve thosirine purpose, and, if tho chain should byany means get stretched or lengthened, said pulley s n n e tense v 3 belowered in'the-v'rtienl sle't made inthq rods n n, and secured at'anydesirable elevation by tightening thoscrews 1t. v I I I -Th con ne:tingrod-]) is attached at one end, D, to the 'crnnk D upon the shaft D,and the lower end, 01', iS'nttac liedt o the plunger the conr'ieutionbeing made bymeans of a pin; d, passing through the-two'e y'es D? Dupon: thcjnpp'erend of said plunger Dfi'e'nd also through theeye d atth'e'lower end of said connectingrod. The twol piecesor.elongetedprojections-C C are cast'uponnnd with the uprig hts A A, and upon theinside of each: picce-Cisinede the Vertical grooref, which may be of anydesir'dform in its cross-section, an d the' two vcrticelledges of the'-plunger.D -'are malle of u eorrespondingforzn, to fit properly andmove' freely; in the grooves ff. Atfthe lower end of. the plunger D isthe plate-W, which may be cast solid with the plunger I DF, and to. thisplate D are fattached the pieces F F, connected with each other by thebar F, said her F baring two lengitudinul slots 1, h ninde therein,-"lhe spdngc-tuhe consists of a pipe, d open hoth alt top and bottom,andtwo of 'th'oui, one n'enr ench end of the but Eflprovided with theelongated in clined pans e'r"ducts d", and, at aproper distuncefrom'thelower-end, the piece, 0, is secured to the pipe d said piece terminatingin a projectiomof, with a screw-thread cut thereon. The projection o" isinse'rte'd through the longitudinal slot It in the bar li, und'thethuuih-nut'a, with-nscrow-threod cut thereen, is turned upon thethrendcd projection 0, 6nd; tightly against the backside of the bar F,thus securing-the sponge-tube cl to said bar 13''. I I i Upon theupperedge ofsaid bur, and behind each sponge-tube, is a smellproj.eetion,.'o, having a. hole therein, in which is put a screw-thrend,and the rod 0", with a screw-thread out upon its loweren d is insertedintoth'o said holo flin said prejectionfand,as'therod is turned eitherin. orout', it is elevated-or depressed in its position. Theboxg isplaced between the uprights A A, andbehind the plrojectionsCC, e'aid boxhaving on orifice through the bottom i uto th'e' pipeQ F, 'the'ether.endpgi of said pipe being either stopped inany coin venient' manner, oropening into said la ix g. .A portiozi of the pipe g extends out overthe sponge-tubes immediately owe'nirhielrnre the eutlets ig p1nccd inthe pipe y} at 9 I i In theontlets g 'fure p'lnced the valves-m", havingan annular bevelled shoulder upon the-upper portion, to" tit th ebevelled portion,offtheioutlet,whichxconstitdtes the scat of the valve,nndjhe upper port of--suid valve, I m ,'itermineltes-in averticnlste'uiwith'n slioulder, m at the bettom. Upon this'stem isplaced aspirnl spring, which bearspgainst s'nidph-dulder; and'kjeeps't'he vdl ve down agujinst its heat or bearing in the outlet g. Thishalve-however, uia x'hefeonsthuct edfoi dnydesirable form, or as'peppetvzilifesnrc usually mnde-. 4

I I A smell vertical slot is iiiedeiiithc"buck -pdrtjo'f the-outlet gthrough which protrudes the nrm'pifi, which =arm may bc'ust or imidesolidwi'itlrtlie main .pz i'tof'snid vulVem, and said armis s ufliciently long to be struck and forced: upwurd nghuy't m topoi zthe red02in its upward movement, the spira l spring forcing the value m downagainst its'sedt assoon 'as the rod b 'falis'toits place. I

"Thepnneh-h'a'r F is made of suit'uhlo-width and thickness tosecuresnfiicienrs'trength, end has the rect- L nngularshoulders a, which fitzigziinstfthe' corners of the uprights B B, to which'snid hair issecured by bolts 'pcssing through the slot e. Said her is furtherstrengthened by two longitudinal ribs, 0- a, between which is made alongitudinals'loh l j, the front side of said bar being made perfectlyplane; I, I I Thejpunches censi'st'ef a suitable piece, e, the backsideof which is made plane, and its well the irent'si-de of the bar'lfi, andupon thebu'clc sidcof' snidipiccee is a projection, e, prismatic in.form, and should fit well the-widtlrof theslot I in-the bar FF. I l A rUpon the outer-end of said projection e is cut u screw-threed, e .up on-wh ich (its thctl'iumb-nut e,having 'n'scre wth-rend cut therein. I I II 'lllic piece has an enlarged proijeetiom'h,thereon, through which is avertical hole, which llDlO maybe Iprismntic, oral, or other io rin inits'ci'os s-scctio'm' prefer a prismnticform, I i I The, lower portionof the picec e-projectsforward, us shown. at :v'fimid un orifice, :0,extends entirely through the lower portion, of, in a horiZont-dllongitudinal direction. This orifice is quite smail verticellygbut is atlittle 'wid er Iluin thelnrgcst diameter oi' thodieb I v 4 h Q v r I Thep uncli l) is medepris'matic at its middle'portion, to 'fit welltlieprismatic-hole in'the pnrt F".

i A flnngq'w is inade upon tho'up'percndof the punehD, and the' partbetwecn snid flange a, and the pristnntic portion is somewhat smaller,nreund which part is placed uspirnl spring, 12:, the upper end of whichbedrs' aguinst thc'ilnnge'i, while the 'lowei end rests upon the top ofthe pnrt F ,the action oi said spring thus. keeping the said punchalways in its highest position, except when sdid' punches are forceddownward by Elk 1 plunger and platel t e I The lewer'endjof tl1e-puucliis mude'oval, or of any desired'shape, end of suflicient length to passthrough the aperture, 1:, in thc pnrt rc nndf-reacli the collar'lyin'gupon 'the platen :vflsaid uprture a being made of. usize to fit nicelythe end of the punch er die e. -This end of the punch 'e" I denonzinatethe die, and the part x ,-'wi1l1 t li0 aperture efi ldenominetcthe'counter-die, and 'it is better that the saidcountcr-die should betempered quite hard, while the die e should be left soft or anneal d, inord tl u h id 11 bQcQmcSII d l g may upset and shm-pcne'd again. I I I vA suitable piece of. metal, D, is secured to the upper and front part ofthe projection :v,'-nnd is bent for: w rd and upward to the pointmhnd isthcnbeut downward and backward to the lower edge of the front part ofthe projection z At the forward and bent extremity o of thispicce, D, tlong. orifice is mndo, which is a,

little wider thou the die e. V

The supportsff, each ha'ving the flat part fi, at the lower end, aresecured to the uprights B B, or to any other convenient part of thennnchine, the other end extending'up orei; the table oij 'l xi 7 Aspiral spring is place upo hu Pin -end of the support f, and the spoolfis placed thereon, and held in place by opin, x. or by a, nut-,.ds maybe desirable. 7

One end of the spiral spring bears against the shoulder f while theother end bears against the spool f thus creating friction, whichprevents the spool from turning too easily uponits spindle. I

Another support, f, is seeuredto one of the projections O, and having aspindle thereon, which supports" in like manner the middle spooh'f,which is kept from turning too freely by means ofa spiral spring similarto the others.

Having thus described the construction of my machine, I will proceed todescribe the mode of its operation. The cloth, which has been properlyprepared with paste or other adhesive substancc,.and dried in the piece,v is cut'into strips a little wider than the diameter of the die, sothat they may readily pass through the slot or orifice :v, and saidstrips are then wound upon the spoolsf f, which I do by propermachinery. The loose-end of each strip is then inserted into the opening0, and pushed through the orifice so, with the'pnsted side down, ispassed out, up, and between the rolls 7L8 and 7L9, and from thence itwould bebetter that the strips should pass over a drum or pulley workedby the other machinery, although this is not actually necessary to thesuccessful operation of the machine.

The upper rolls, It, are pressed down upon the rolls k by turning downthe screws 2" upon the shaft i The lower end of each tube (2 is filledwith a suitable piece of sponge or similar material, which is leftprotruding a little below the end of'the tubes, and water is placed inthe box g, and fills the pipes g Power is applied to the pulley a andthe shafts A" and pinion A", revolving, cause the toothed wheel A torevolve.

If the clutch-handle b be thrust in towards the machinc,-the clutch Gengages with the ratchet 0, upon the hub of the toothed wheel A, and, asthe said clutch is keyed to the shaft D, the toothed wheel A causes thesaid shaft to revolve, and a reciprocating vertical motion is given' tothe plunger and plate D with the bar F and sponge-tubes d", the twowater-tubes being securedin the slots 7L ,,while the, middle tube may bepermanently attached to the bar F by screws or otherwise. t

The pin '2', in the wheel a in its revolution, operates in the slot 1',and causes the arm a rocleshaft a and arm a to perform a'reciprocatingrotary motion, said motion being communicated to the toothed segment k-The motion of this segment .causes the toothed wheel is to performalso areciprocating rotary motion' a little more than half way around, or alittle more thanhalf a revolution, said toothbd wheel is turning looselyupon the shaft e during the downward movement of'thc rod 0., and whensaid rod has finished its downward motion, the point of the dog It isforced into one of the spaces'lc", and, as the red at and toothedsegment perform their upward movement, the square end of the nnnulc'tit"impinges against the dog It, and forces it, with the plate 1: andshaft c to make half a revolution. 7 This motion, through the toothedcollars n" 1 upon the shaft a", gives an intermittent horizontalmovement to the chains NN, and the distance of each-movement of theehainis equal to half the circumference of the snid collars rd-thedistance between the centres of the dies e and sponge-tubes d -th'cdistance between the pins s 'a and the semi-cir-cnmferencc of saidcollars a all being equal.- I If a collar be laid upon the table G, andacross the two chains N'N, at the next forward movement of the chains,two "of the pins 3 8 move the' collar along uponlthc table untilitstops'at the properpoint under the sponge tnbes d g-and when the-saidtubes next move downwarth th sponges in their lower ends, being dampenedby the water from the pipe 9, just touch the collar at the throep'ointswhere thebutton-holes' are to be punched, and dampen the collar at thoseparts. As the plunger-plate D, bar F, and tubes-d move up again, theRipper end of the rod 0", being properly adjusted, just't ouches theunder side of the arm'mof the valve in the. outlet 1 ,,slightlyraisingit, and n drop or more of water drops from tho'outlet upon-the sponge inthe tube d. In this way the sponge may be kept at any desirable anduniform degrceQof dampness:

Whilc'thc plunger and tubes 02? are moving up, the-chains N'make anotherforward movement, and the parts of the collar which have been dampenedarebrought immediately under the orifice of the counter-die e.

As the arms a and a move upward, the pawl e, upon the arm a, causestheratchetqrheel c'?-to make a rotary inovcmcnt, and the strip L, beingpressed betwcen therolls h and h, is unwound from the spool f, pulledthrough the orifice :o a lit'tle more than the width of a patch,,and, atthe next downward movement of the plunger-plate D it strilcesthctops ofthe punches D and forces the die a down through the stripL' and vaperture 0 and the end of the die presses upon the parts of the c ollurwhichhave been dampencd,-a'nd presses the patch, which the die c has cutfrom the'strip L in itsdownwardpassage,hard upon the dampened places onthe collar, where it remains, and as the collars pass out between therolls 0'' undo, the patches are pressed harder upon the collars, andmake them smooth and uniform in their appearance.

In applying patchcsto collars of differentlcngths, the two outer or endsponge-tubes may be moved inlo r out, by loosening the nuts-o, movingthe tubes to the desired position, andtightening' the nuts again; a'ndif. g the tube (2 is not immediately under the outlet 9, the water maydrop into the side puns or ducts d, and run from thcnceinto the tnbc d,and the nuts e upon the two end punches, may be vloosened, thepunchesmpvcd in'or out to their desired position in the slot F, and thenuts tightened again.

Each intermittent rotary movement of the rollers it and h 'pulls thestrip L.th'r0'ugh the slot r sutliciently to move the place in the stripL where-the last patch was cut out uwa'y fromunder the die a; so thatthe next downward movement of the said die may cut out a whole patch. I

dispensing with the pins-s c, upon the chains N N, I am enabled to applypu'tches to paper in the roll, strip, or shcc't,'a'nd cut the collarsfrom such paper, after said patches have been applied. I Instead ofusing the spiral springs :cto raise the punch-dies e out of the orificesam the counter-dies 2:, I propose to make a longitudinal slot on-theunder side of each end of the plunger-plate D and a transverse .slot inthe middle, and insert the fianges'z, upon the tops of the punches, intothe said slots,- so that the plate D, in its dowxiward andupwardmovements, shall both force thcsaid punches into and withdraw them fromthe orifices o in .the counter-dies Having thus described my invention,em-rename: new; and desire to ee cure hy Letters Phteiltfis- 1. Thecombination of the plungcrPor pl z'tte D, with the her F attachedthereto, the stomps-e and sponge tubes 01, all constructed and operatingsubstantially as herein, described, endfor the purposes set forth.

2. The'combination of the plungeroor plete D withthe liar F attachedthereto, the stamps e, theepongtnbesd, and the water-pipe g and box@Lwhen .constr'uctednnd operating substantially-es described,'and forthe pur'noses sneeified-.- H

81- The stamps'e, having-the dies a, counter-dies of, and the passage xtherein, allconstruetedsubstantially as'hei ein described and specified.i l I I 4. The combination'ot the 'stamps'e, having the dies e,counter-dies zvfl and the passage 1: therein, with the platen-m whenconstructed and operating substantially as described, and in thc'uiennerset. forth. v v

5". The combinationof the wheel a, wit-hthe' projection z thereon,yibrating-arm a, rock-shaft e levera, rod (i arm a", ratchet-wheel andpawl 0 2?, and rolls 74 It, for the ,purpose of moving the strips under"the dies ef,-.suhstantially aside scribed; I

6. The, bar F .having the slot F therein, in combination with the stampse, hdving theprojections e thereon, all eonstructednnd arrangedsubstantially herein described end setforth.

7. The sponge-tnbes'd in combination-with the water-pipe g','hm'rin-goutlets g therein, all constructed and operatiug'substantially as hereindescribed, and ;in the manner specified. i

8.- 'lhe combination of thesponge-tubcs d, adjustable rod ofi'and-valveand VZllVfl-ZL-l'lil m when constructed substantially-as described, andoperating-in the-manner set forth.- 9; The sponge-tubes cl, having theside panel! thereon, and tlie'adjusting projection o and its nut 6, allconstructed and operating-substantially asdescribed, and in the mannerset forth.

10. Applying cloth patches to paper orpaper collars as hereindeseribed,that is to say, by first-dampening the paper or'collar at theplaceswhere the patches are to bea'pplied, and then pressing saidpatches thereon by means of a punch or die, which, in itsldosccnt, cutsthe patch from cloth which hasheon prcviouslymutle adhesive upon onesiddbj :i suitable prepa-ration,-and then dried, said preparedclothbeing .fed or moi/ed automatically to-or finder the'dies, tillsubstantially s s-described.

